Boca Raton
Job Description This position is responsible for providing the day-to-day legal assistance. Additionally, the corporate staff attorney will partner with various cross-functional teams throughout the company to provide legal support in several areas of practice including but not limited to employment law, contracts, IP, corporate governance and marketing. Job Responsibilities: * Prepare, review, and/or negotiate contracts, licenses, and other legal documents of all kinds (i.e. NDAs, Vendor Compliance Forms, Consulting Agreements and Supply Agreements). * Provide legal advice to management with respect to any pending legal issue and draft necessary documents to protect the company’s interests. * Review proposed and existing legislation affecting the company and provide legal advice accordingly. * Conduct legal research of laws and regulations applicable to the Company and its operations. * Anticipate and guard against legal risks involving the organization. * Develop, implement, and monitor policies, practices, and training to ensure compliance with legal requirements. * Organize and maintain contracts database. * Management corporate ethics and compliance program, including the distribution, collection and maintenance of annual compliance certifications. * Prepare all notices, certificates and reports required by governmental authorities to maintain the legal existence and good standing of all corporate entities, including annual reports. * Partner with external counsel and manage relationships * Assist with corporate entity maintenance, including filing annual reports, creating, organizing and maintenance of corporate minute books. * Utilize independent judgment and decision-making skills to resolve legal issues. * Perform such other related duties. Education/Experience: * JD * Active member of the Florida Bar (or eligible for admission as authorized In-House Counsel) * 3-5 years’ experience as Staff or Corporate Attorney * Must have experience with a broad range of business transactional matters, including counseling, negotiating and document/contract drafting and review * Experience in some combination of the following areas of law required: general corporate, intellectual property and/or employment and benefits * Must be customer-focused and detail-oriented * Ability to make good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, business acumen and judgment * Must be a proven problem solver and able to read situations quickly * Excellent time management, planning and organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple and changing priorities efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced environment * Ability to contribute individually with minimal supervision and as part of a team exhibiting a high level of initiative and follow-through on assignments * Ability to engage and manage outside counsel. * Ability to interact directly with the company's leadership, proposing practical and creative solutions to complex business issues and providing pragmatic risk assessments * Ability to work collaboratively across multiple functions, organizations and with a diverse group of colleagues at all levels * Excellent writing and communication skills, particularly to assist a non-legal audience in understanding legal and regulatory requirements * Forward thinking, creative, and confident * Clear understanding and adherence to ethical principles, company values, code of conduct and policies * Solid PC skills including knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) This position is responsible for providing the day-to-day legal assistance. Additionally, the corporate staff attorney will partner with various cross-functional teams throughout the company to provide legal support in several areas of practice including but not limited to employment law, contracts, IP, corporate governance and marketing. Job Responsibilities: • Prepare, review, and/or negotiate contracts, licenses, and other legal documents of all kinds (i.e. NDAs, Vendor Compliance Forms, Consulting Agreements and Supply Agreements)., • Provide legal advice to management with respect to any pending legal issue and draft necessary documents to protect the company’s interests., • Review proposed and existing legislation affecting the company and provide legal advice accordingly., • Conduct legal research of laws and regulations applicable to the Company and its operations., • Anticipate and guard against legal risks involving the organization., • Develop, implement, and monitor policies, practices, and training to ensure compliance with legal requirements., • Organize and maintain contracts database., • Management corporate ethics and compliance program, including the distribution, collection and maintenance of annual compliance certifications., • Prepare all notices, certificates and reports required by governmental authorities to maintain the legal existence and good standing of all corporate entities, including annual reports., • Partner with external counsel and manage relationships, • Assist with corporate entity maintenance, including filing annual reports, creating, organizing and maintenance of corporate minute books., • Utilize independent judgment and decision-making skills to resolve legal issues., • JD, • Active member of the Florida Bar (or eligible for admission as authorized In-House Counsel), • 4-7 years’ experience as Staff or Corporate Attorney, • Must have experience with a broad range of business transactional matters, including counseling, negotiating and document/contract drafting and review, • Experience in some combination of the following areas of law required: general corporate, intellectual property and/or employment and benefits, • Must be customer-focused and detail-oriented, • Ability to make good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, business acumen and judgment, • Must be a proven problem solver and able to read situations quickly, • Excellent time management, planning and organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple and changing priorities efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced environment, • Ability to contribute individually with minimal supervision and as part of a team exhibiting a high level of initiative and follow-through on assignments, • Ability to engage and manage outside counsel., • Ability to interact directly with the company's leadership, proposing practical and creative solutions to complex business issues and providing pragmatic risk assessments, • Ability to work collaboratively across multiple functions, organizations and with a diverse group of colleagues at all levels, • Excellent writing and communication skills, particularly to assist a non-legal audience in understanding legal and regulatory requirements, • Forward thinking, creative, and confident, • Clear understanding and adherence to ethical principles, company values, code of conduct and policies